Movement-cure apparatus.



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PATENTED MAR. 3, 1903.

C. OWENS. MOVEMENT CURE APPARATUS.

APPLIGATIOK FILED DEC. 13, 1901.

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MOVEMENT CURE APPARATUS;

APPLIUATIOH FILED 13110.13, 1901.

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PATENTED MAR. 3, 1903.

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Wm AT ORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES OWENS, OF OHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF TODWIGHT PRESTON MONTAGUE, OF OHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

MOVEMENT-CURE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,737, dated March 3,1903.

' Application filed December 13, 1901. Serial No. 85,728. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES OWENS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Chattanooga, county of Hamilton, State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMovement-Cure Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a machine adapted to give a vibratingtreatment for the cure of diseases, the object being to enable theoperator to cause a vibratory action to that part of the body to whichthe vibrating instrument forming part of the machine is applied.

The invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is an end view of the machine in position adjacent to the couch. Fig. 2is a side view of the machine adjacent to the couch or operating-table.Fig. 3 is an enlarged side view of the vibrating implement Withtheadjacent portions shown in section. Fig. 4 is a vertical section view ofFig. 3. Fig. 51s a side View of a modified form of machine.

The patient to be treated reclines upon a couch or table A, supportedupon legs ct. The machine, which is shown adjacent to the couch,comprises a standard 1, supported by a base 35, secured to the floor. Onthis upright standard 1 a flexible arm is supported, said arm being madeup of the two sections 2 and 3, pivoted together at 4, so that this armmay bend in a horizontal plane. The section 2 of the flexible armcarries a platform 36, which supports an electric motor 5, which drivesa flexible driving-shaft of ordinary construction, (shown at 6.) Thisshaft is utilized for imparting motion to the vibrating implementthrough the means hereinafter described. This implement is shown inFigs. 3 and 4 at 13 and may be of any'suitable form and constructionadapted to contact with the body and produce a vibratory effect thereon.It is carried upon the lower end of a lever 12,

which is pivoted adj ustably to a frame or post 7, supported at theouter end of the section 3 of the flexible arm before mentioned. Thepivotal connection is made by a pin 16, passing through any one of aseries of holes 17 in the lever. This lever is slotted at 14 to receivea roller 21 on a stud 20, which stud is carried by a disk 19 on a pin onshaft 8. The disk 19 works in an opening in the postor frame 7, and theshaft 8 at its outer end bears in a cap-plate 40, secured to the post.On the pin 8 a beveled gear-wheel 9 is fixed, with which meshes abeveled pinion 10 on a shaft 11, journaled in a suitable bearing, asshown in Fig. 3, supported on the frame or post 7.

The flexible shaft 6 is-connected with the shaft 11, and through thegearing just described and the eccentrically-arranged'stud and roller 2021 an oscillating or vibratory movement is imparted to the lever 12 ofthe vibrating implement 13, and by applying this implement to the partof the human body de sired the said part will be subjected to thevibrating action. A handle 15 is provided, connected with the frame orpost 7, and by this the implement can be properly located.

In order to counterbalance the weight of the parts, so that the flexiblearm 2 3 may be raised and lowered without effort on the part of theoperator, I counterbalance the said arm and the'mechanism and motorcarried thereby, for which purpose a weight 25 is provided I on a lever24, pivoted on a stud 23, projecting downwardly from the table or couch,the said lever being connected by a link 26 to 'a collar 22, slidablyarranged on the upright postl and connected or formed with theflexible'arms 23, so that the said arms may be raised or loweredtherewith.

It will be noted that the arm 2 3 has the following characteristics: Itis flexible in that it may be bent from a straight-line position, and,again,"it is adapted to swing as a whole in a horizontal plane. It isadapted also to be moved as a whole vertically to difierent levels.

In Fig. 5 I show a modification in which I employ cables or ropes 27,attached to the section 2 of the flexible arm and running over pulleys32 at the top of the upright post 1 near the cap-piece 33 thereon.Theother ends of the cables are fastened to a counterweight 28, mountedon the end of a foot-lever 29, pivoted to'the bracket 30, attached tothe table A, one end of the said lever projecting out from beneath thetable to be convenient to the foot. A spring 31 under compressionbetween the table and the lever 29 serves to assist the weight 28 toraise the machine after the foot-lever has been released. By depressingthe outer end of the lever it will be obvious that the machine can bedropped to any desired level.

The vibrating lever 12 constitutes the immediate means for vibrating theimplement. This means is in turn driven by the flexible shafting. Thehorizontalarm comprising the sections 2 and 3 constitutes avertically-adjustable support for the various parts. The pin 16 with theopenings in the vibrating lever-arm constitute means for varying thevibrations of the said arms.

What I claim is 1. In combination, an implement to contact with the bodyin treating the same, means for vibrating the said implement including arotary shaft and a flexible arm carrying the said implementindependently of the shaft, substantially as described.

2. An apparatus for the treatment of diseases comprising a vibratingimplement with a flexible shaft for operating the same, a flexible armsupporting the said implement and a counterbalance for the parts,substantially as described.

3. An apparatus for the treatment of diseases comprising an implement tobe applied to the aifected part, a vibrating lever carrying the same, ashaft for vibrating the lever, and a flexible arm supporting thevibrating lever, substantially as described.

4. In combination, a main upright, a flexible arm supported thereon, avibrating lever supported on the said flexible arm, an implement carriedon the vibrating lever, gearing in connection with the vibratinglever-arm and supported by the flexible arm and means for operating thegearing consisting of the rotary shaft, substantially as described.

5. In combination,an upright, an arm adjustable vertically thereon andarranged to swing, an implement to be applied to the affected part, avibrating lever carrying the same and supported on the swinging arm andmeans for operating the vibrating lever, substantially as described.

the vibratinglever and means for counterbalancing the weight of thehorizontal swinging arm and the parts carried thereby, substantially asdescribed.

7. In combination, an upright, an electromotor, a support for the motorvertically adjustable on the upright, a vibrating implement withoperating means movable with the vertically-adjustable support and meansfor counterbalancing the vertically-adjustable support with the partscarried thereby, substantially as described.

8. In combination with the implement to act on the part desired,apivoted lever carrying the same, an arm having flexion and carrying thepivoted lever and means for vibrating the said lever, substantially asdescribed.

9. In combination with the implement to act on the part desired, avibrating lever pivoted at its upper end and carrying the said implementand means for vibrating the said lever about its pivot,including aflexible shaft in connection with the lever, substantially as described.

10. In combination with an implement to act on the part desired, avibrating lever carrying the implement, supporting means for the saidlever, means journaled in the said support for vibrating the said lever,a flexible shaft for driving said means, and means whereby the vibrationof the lever may be varied.

11. In combination, an implement to be applied to the body, a vibratinglever carrying the same, means for supporting the said vibrating lever,means for driving the vibrating lever, an upright standard upon whichthe parts are supported anda counterbalance for the said parts,substantially as described.

12. In combination, an upright standard, an arm supported thereon andextending horizontally, a vibrating lever at the outer end of the saidhorizontal arm, means for driving the said vibrating lever including aflexible shaft and an implement carried by the said vibrating lever,substantially as described.

Signed at Chattanooga this 20th day of November, 1901.

CHARLES OWENS.

Witnesses:

ELI S. REED, W. A. BURNS.

